The Arts

The Arts

Building audiences ranks high on the list of challenges for arts leaders, who point to lack of financial and staff resources, and information as the main barriers to increasing a loyal following. An established Bay Area presenter’s new series yields data-driven insights.

Carson Ellis constantly drew pictures as a child and grew up to become an award-winning children’s-book illustrator, whose images also grace the best-selling Wildwood Chronicles and albums for the indy folk-rock band, The Decemberists.

The discomfort of the unknown is where “I feel most alive and my senses are fiercely alert,” says photographer Joni Kabana. Traveling the developing world, she is most recognized for her images that bring to light the unfairness in global women’s health.

Solo in front of a packed Vancouver, BC hall, he curled the melody through his fingers and strummed the rhythm within him. Paco carried his guitar from his Andalusian childhood to the world stage, transforming flamenco and transporting listeners.